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CFA Online Newsletter
July 2001
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WELCOME!
Thank you for subscribing to the CFA Online Newsletter. We're happy
to have you with us and we'd like to hear from you. If you have
something to add to the newsletter or ideas for future editions,
please contact Cindy at (archive only). Thanks!
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REQUEST
If you have a personal web site that you would like to share with
others - PLEASE let us know! There is a wealth of information,
besides genealogy, on many of our members pages and we would like
to make a listing of member sites.
There are four member pages currently listed on the CFA Web Site
and we would like to further that listing! You can view them at:
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~chapassn/memberpages.html
To submit your homepage address (or URL), please contact Mari
Modlin, Webmaster at ddmmjm@netins.net.
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EVENTS & HAPPENINGS
The First Annual Chapman Family Association Convention information:
We will be putting pictures of the Convention, and also narrative to
give you a glimpse of our First Annual Convention. Please be patient-
we are collecting information from several different sources and
will add when we have it compiled. On the CFA website at:
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~chapassn/convention.html
First Annual CFA Business Meeting, from Jackie Konecny:
The Business Meeting was held on Saturday Morning May 19, 2001, in
St. Louis, Mo during the first annual meeting of the Chapman Family
Association.
The Officers are:
President - Robert B. "Bob" Chapman FL-VT
Vice President - Toni Martinazzi FL
Secretary - Jackie Konecny TX
Treasurer - M.D. Chapman Morgan CA
Corresponding Secretary - Gilbert K. Alford, Jr. MO
Executive Director - Robert Sonfield, TX
The Directors and year for reelection are:
Robert B. Chapman 2002 VT-FL
Ernie Chapman 2002 NC
Don Chapman 2002 MN
Elizabeth Codding 2003 OK
Toni Martinazzi 2003 FL
Joanne Sedriks 2003 NE
Jackie Konecny 2004 TX
Bob Sonfield 2004 TX
MD Chapman Morgan 2004 CA
In this election alone, nominees are selected for one, two and three
year terms at random. Directors can run to replace themselves at the
end of their terms. After this election, three directors will be
elected to three year terms each year. This will provide overlap
and preclude the need of replacing all directors in a single election.
In the event of a resignation or other event that precludes a director
from fulfilling his/her term, the remaining directors may elect a
replacement to fill out the term of the missing director. The
directors at the first meeting following their election will elect
officer as President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer.
Other association officers will be appointed by the board and
serve at the board's discretion.
The following committees were established:
Planning Committee: Bob Chapman
Finance Committee: Mike Morgan, Judge Noble Littell.
Meeting Committee: Toni Martinazzi, Margaret Preston Chapman, John
S. Chapman, John B. Chapman, Phil Ellsworth, Paul Rekow.
Publicity Committee: Shelly Chapman, Jean Snow, Kathy Tovar.
Membership Committee: Jackie Konecny, Faye Chapman, John D. Chapman,
Jody Dean.
The Convention for 2002 will be in Salt Lake City, UT. The tentative
date: May 17- 19, 2002.
The Convention for 2003 will be in Richmond, VA. The tentative date
will be the third week of May.
The following states were represented at the Business Meeting:
Illinois 6- Missouri 6 - Florida 5 - Iowa 5 - California 5 - Texas 4
Minnesota 4 - Nebraska 3 - Oklahoma 2 - Oregon 2 - North Carolina 2
Vermont 1 - Idaho 1 - North Dakota 1 - Washington 1 - Kentucky 1
Utah 1
For a total of 50 members present for the meeting. A total of 79
were in attendance.
Prizes were given for the following:
Traveled the farthest distance: James L. Chapman - Washington State
Traveled the shortest distance: Dolly Anderson - St. Louis, MO
First to Register: Gil Alford - MO
Last to Register: Dale & Dana Chapman - MO
Drove the Farthest: Dian Chapman Gustafson - OR
Largest Person: Dennis Modlin - MI
Smallest Person: Toni Martinazzi - FL
All of the above received exotic prizes from Texas.
The raffle prize - A beautiful CHAPMAN cross stitch, made and
donated by Sally STEOWER, was won by Jackie Konecny.
All of the speakers and programs were outstanding. The Convention
was a great success. Next year we hope that more of the members will be
able to attend, We have a year to plan this next Convention in Salt Lake
City and it should be even better than the St. Louis 2001 Convention.
Everyone please start planning on making the trip to Salt Lake City.
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ONLINE "HUNTING" TIPS
1880 US Census Transcription: This is not available online, but I
thought it was worth mentioning. A complete CD set is available
from Family Search (LDS).
Description: The complete transcription of the original 1880 United
States census. Includes the enumeration of individuals within
households and institutions. This allows you to view those who were
neighbors of your ancestors. Approximately 50 million names are
contained on the 63 CDs. The names are divided into seven regions
and are accompanied by a National Index. Find more information at:
http://www.familysearch.com
Rootsweb/Ancestry Message Boards: Rootsweb and Ancestry.com have
combined their message boards to provide the largest collection
of message boards on the Internet!
To jump straight to the Chapman surname board, go to:
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/board/an/surnames.chapman/25/next
Bygones-a freeware software program: Available for Windows 95+ and
Macintosh computers. Designed to enter and keep genealogical research
notes on a laptop or desktop computer. Bygones web site is at:
http://home.utah-inter.net/bygones/index.htm
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MEMBERSHIP
NEW:
#447 Tammy RUDY, CA
#448 Nedra REPP, FL
#449 Nadja L. McCUBBIN - K. D., MO
RENEWALS:
#150 John S. CHAPMAN, TX
#180 Irene C. MILLER - David A., VT
#329 Kathleen H. BOND - Earl R., CT
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MEMBERSHIP INFO
You can view the membership information on the CFA Web Site at:
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~chapassn/memberapp.html
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CFA OFFICERS
PRESIDENT:
Robert Chapman email: robertbchapman@cs.com
VICE PRESIDENT:
Toni Martinazzi email: toni@hitter.net
SECRETARY:
Jackie Chapman Konecny email: JKone27534@aol.com
TREASURER:
M.D. Chapman Morgan email: 74454.2063@compuserve.com
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR:
Robert L. Sonfield email: robert@sonfield.com
LIBRARIAN:
Dian Chapman Gustafson email: chappie@nwamiga.org
HISTORIAN:
(Vacant)
EDITOR:
Robert B. Chapman email: robertbchapman@cs.com
GENEALOGIST:
(Vacant)
WEB MASTER:
Mari Modlin
PUBLICIST:
Phyllis "Shelly" Chapman email: lazarusette@hotmail.com
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY:
Gilbert K. Alford, Jr.
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Should you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please
contact Cindy Kuhn, CFA Online Newsletter Editor, by email at
sinda_k@yahoo.com
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